7 People Who We Absolutely Never Expected to be Librarians

When you picture a librarian, chances are you’re imagining a middle-aged/elderly lady with glasses attached to her neck-chain, shushing you at the slightest noise. This is a stereotype for sure, albeit one that is definitely grounded in reality from my personal experiences.

Sometimes, however, people surprise you. The fact that these 7 people used to be librarians? Mind-blowing.

#2. Casanova

Before he was known as the world’s greatest lover, Casanova was just the local librarian in Dux, Bohemia. He catalogued books for Count Waldstein for 13 years and went through more than 40,000 volumes while cleaning the library and writing his famous Memoirs (probably on the clock).

#7. J. Edgar Hoover

The country’s most infamous FBI director started at the Library of Congress, attending night school at George Washington Law. While there, he mastered the Dewey Decimal System and used that organizational knowledge when he transferred his skills to the FBI.